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If only...
... every set of identical twins would show up at their door on day one - dressed alike, coiffed alike, made up alike - and demanded their "face recognition" individual IDs...
So we just have to wait...
...once he has been killed, then he will have the proof required to show the standing to file suit against being killed...
At some point, the formula will fail.
For quite some time, the billing calculation has been "wall street expected revenue" divided by "number of subscribers". As #1 continues to go up, and #2 continues to go down, the result becomes less and less affordable to the remaining subscribers, causing many to join the "ex-subscriber" club. It will be interesting to see how far the companies attempt to push this calculation.
Fixed Headline typo
The FCC Doesn't Actually CARE How FEW People Have Broadband
Vote for funniest line of the year...
"...unlikely a practicing attorney would willingly participate in fraud. ..."
I would say that hundreds of articles on this site alone disagree!!!
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Because we wouldn't know who to send our highly trained, militarily outfitted SWAT team to visit.
taking it a step further...
So the blackmailer had a figure in mind, to earn money from his acquisition of said photos; she by her actions has blocked his earning of that expected income; therefore, he can now sue her for our old favorite, Felony Interference with a Business Model.
And we all know how sacred "expected sales" income is...
Nefarious Plan
1) Create impossible law that only the rich American companies can even attempt to follow
2) Sue them every week for 4% of their annual revenue for failure to meet #1 until they go bankrupt
3) Revise law
4) Give incentives to locals to replace the American companies services under the revised law that favors them but controls what can be published.
And as always,
INTERNET: Damage Detected. Rerouting.
Profit above all
They fear losing the massive profit from the TRUNK and SIP services that they sell to the robocallers and telemarketers - so they have to make that money up somehow.
Jacking prices and adding fees has always worked in the past - since that's what they know, that's what they do.
Fishing For Dollars...
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is high-speed service delivered over PHONE lines. So, what the PHONE company is saying is that they are no longer qualified to deliver PHONE service.
What they are trying to say is that with the cut in Universal Service Fees and the end of prior Tax Subsidies, they can't afford to keep doing it at the high profits they desire.
Wasn't the USF designed to support those remote and sparsely populated areas? To subsidize companies (not fully pay them - just an added subsidy for those lines to be supported) to deliver service was the whole intent.
So, if you are saying you can't do it, then let's just repeal all those laws you got written that prevent communities from doing so. You are welcome to close shop and go away. Seems like most of the community efforts have far exceeded what you were able to deliver anyway.
What could the reason be?
Maybe that the companies are owned by relatives of the very politicians being voted on?
Now that would make for some interesting lawsuits by the "losing" party...
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From my Digi-Comp I to my Threadripper - they were always seen as magic by the muggles.
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Not quite the same. This version would be like driving to Burger King for the burger, then to McDonalds for Fries, then to Wendys for a Frosty.
We want a single supplier/account wherein we can choose the channels in a given accurately priced package. I want SyFy, BBC, and whoever has Captain Slow's Worldwide Adventures with the Hamster and the Orangutan. she wants her channels. I'm not putting up with a dozen channels all with the same 10 over the top/under the bottom taxation schemes.
Why would they?
These funds had nothing to do with a sale, or performance, or other licensing of an artists work, therefore they are owed nothing.
The bigger problem for them is that there are no more masters for them to up-scale, re-mix, or otherwise tweak into new copywrong-extending "Limited Issues".
They will soon attempt to sue the world under ISDS for the TRILLIONS in "Lost Sales and Profits" from that loss.
Let the whining commence...
/sarc (I think...)
More proof
we need a "technology literacy certification" before judges should be allowed to rule on anything involving technology.
Since "common sense" doesn't seem to be required...
Be more concerned...
... about shot #2. What if they go full-on ISDS for their "expected profits". We did put ISDS in the last "trade agreement" for "IP protection" - right?
Dear NMA
Prior to the advent of newspapers, there was a large contingent of workers in the Town Criers union. These workers were displaced by your organization. Please provide us a full accounting of how your organization supported these workers as their jobs were eliminated by your new technology.
We will base our payments for our new technology to you on said record.
"Big Tech"
p.s. - you do realize that "Big Tech" invented the very presses that enabled your newspapers to be printed? and the machines to do your accounting? and the machines to set type? and the technology for your readers to directly connect to you? and the technology for you to monetize that?
So who is providing the data to ICE?
Who is giving them info on the travelers for excuses a through e????
Does everyone under suspicion by every agency get reported to ICE in case they travel so ICE/CBP can do the searches for them?
Or can they just tell by looking?
I welcome them to the Intelligence Community table...
... the instant they demonstrate "intelligence" or even "common sense" in doing their job.
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It isn't "theft" when it is government sanctioned. Like robbery at badgepoint, below-the-line fees, user and usage taxes....home destruction fees...hospital bills for invasive searches...